Illustrious Abstainers
by Sherlock, Frederick
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Hodder & Stoughton, 1882. Originally released 1879, 5th thousand of 2nd edition. Short biographies of famous abstainers in the temperance movement. Includes Garnet Wolseley, Thomas Burt, President George Hayes, Sir Walter Trevelyan and many more. CONDITION Blue bds with elaborate decoration in Black with bright Gilt titles, pp xxiv 232 tight and very bright internally, light wear and odd mark to bds, 3cm separation to cloth at spine head front, faint faded inscription to verso of half title, very sl dampstains to edge of eps, faint dust near ends at top of pages. A very nice copy.. 2nd Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11966
- Title
- Illustrious Abstainers
- Author
- Sherlock, Frederick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1882
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Religion Temperance
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Ariel Books
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
About Ariel Books
We are a small friendly book store stocking a unique selection of rare and out of print books. Currently we are searching for a suitable new location but have had an open book shop since 1998.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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